Texas Tech University Athletics
Men's Tennis Travels to Midwest for Pair of Matches
March 07, 2019 | Men's Tennis
The Red Raiders will aim to improve their road record to 3-1 on the season
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech men's tennis team will play two matches over the weekend against Indiana and No. 45 Northwestern.
Tech will first travel to Bloomington, Indiana to take on the Hoosiers on Friday, March 3rd at 5 p.m. CT. The Red Raiders will then make the trip to Evanston, Illinois to face the Wildcats in a top-50 matchup on Sunday, March 10th at 12 p.m. CT.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Red Raiders are looking to maintain their momentum following two wins over Big 10 opponents on Sunday.
In their early morning bout with Iowa, the Red Raiders continued their string of success in doubles play, as wins on courts one and three propelled them to seizure of the first match point. In singles play, Tech would secure two more points early with straight-set wins by then No. 114 Parker Wynn and No. 115 Tommy Mylnikov. After a surrendered point on court three, Tech captured the match win with a valiant effort from Bjorn Thomson, who fought his way to a straight-set victory after winning both sets in seventh-game tiebreakers. Singles would be played out on courts five and six, as freshman Franco Ribero defeated his opponent to give Tech five overall points.
The Red Raiders would pick up where they left off later on in the evening, as they once again took hold of the match by winning the doubles point. Singles play would again be controlled by Tech, as Thomson once again battled his way to a straight-set victory with another decisive tiebreaker in the second set. After Wynn picked up his second win of the day, sophomore Ilgiz Valiev gave the Red Raiders the match win with a three-set defeat of his opponent. Junior Jackson Cobb, in his first singles action of the year, came out firing, as he defeated his opponent in the anchor position at an impressive 6-0, 6-0 clip. Ribero would once again play out his match on court five, defeating his competitor by a score of 6-4. 6-4.
RED RAIDERS IN THE RANKINGS:
Tech jumped six spots to No. 32 in the team rankings following a stellar weekend at home.
Wynn and Thomson also made a leap of their own in the doubles rankings, as the duo, who went 2-0 on Sunday, moved up to No. 6 from the No. 8 spot. Wynn improved to No. 108 in the singles rankings as well.
QUICK HITS:
The Red Raiders will look to improve to 3-1 in true road matches on the year with Friday and Sunday's matches. Tech previously won at Tulsa in their second match of the season.
Tech will aim to ride the hot hands of Wynn and Ribero, who are a combined 18-4 in singles play this year. Ribero, following his lone loss of the season against No. 16 Alabama, has won two straight matches to improve to 9-1 to begin his collegiate career.
Tech's fast starts can mainly be attributed to courts one and two in doubles play, as the doubles teams of Thomson/Wynn and Cobb/Mylnikov are both 8-2 during the spring. The Red Raiders' recent doubles success has also been complemented by the recent pairing of Matheus Leite and Valiev who, in their first three starts, are 3-0.
LIVE STATS AND VIDEO:
Fans are encouraged to follow along with live video at the following link. Fans can also keep up with the action with live stats here.
UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders will travel to Orlando to take on Central Florida on Thursday, March 14th before heading to Houston to participate in the Rice Invitational, beginning March 22nd.
FOLLOW THE RED RAIDERS:
Visit www.TexasTech.com for the latest news and information on the Texas Tech men's tennis program. Fans are also encouraged to follow the program on its social media outlets at www.facebook.com/techmenstennis and @TexasTechMTEN on Twitter and Instagram.
Tech will first travel to Bloomington, Indiana to take on the Hoosiers on Friday, March 3rd at 5 p.m. CT. The Red Raiders will then make the trip to Evanston, Illinois to face the Wildcats in a top-50 matchup on Sunday, March 10th at 12 p.m. CT.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Red Raiders are looking to maintain their momentum following two wins over Big 10 opponents on Sunday.
In their early morning bout with Iowa, the Red Raiders continued their string of success in doubles play, as wins on courts one and three propelled them to seizure of the first match point. In singles play, Tech would secure two more points early with straight-set wins by then No. 114 Parker Wynn and No. 115 Tommy Mylnikov. After a surrendered point on court three, Tech captured the match win with a valiant effort from Bjorn Thomson, who fought his way to a straight-set victory after winning both sets in seventh-game tiebreakers. Singles would be played out on courts five and six, as freshman Franco Ribero defeated his opponent to give Tech five overall points.
The Red Raiders would pick up where they left off later on in the evening, as they once again took hold of the match by winning the doubles point. Singles play would again be controlled by Tech, as Thomson once again battled his way to a straight-set victory with another decisive tiebreaker in the second set. After Wynn picked up his second win of the day, sophomore Ilgiz Valiev gave the Red Raiders the match win with a three-set defeat of his opponent. Junior Jackson Cobb, in his first singles action of the year, came out firing, as he defeated his opponent in the anchor position at an impressive 6-0, 6-0 clip. Ribero would once again play out his match on court five, defeating his competitor by a score of 6-4. 6-4.
RED RAIDERS IN THE RANKINGS:
Tech jumped six spots to No. 32 in the team rankings following a stellar weekend at home.
Wynn and Thomson also made a leap of their own in the doubles rankings, as the duo, who went 2-0 on Sunday, moved up to No. 6 from the No. 8 spot. Wynn improved to No. 108 in the singles rankings as well.
QUICK HITS:
The Red Raiders will look to improve to 3-1 in true road matches on the year with Friday and Sunday's matches. Tech previously won at Tulsa in their second match of the season.
Tech will aim to ride the hot hands of Wynn and Ribero, who are a combined 18-4 in singles play this year. Ribero, following his lone loss of the season against No. 16 Alabama, has won two straight matches to improve to 9-1 to begin his collegiate career.
Tech's fast starts can mainly be attributed to courts one and two in doubles play, as the doubles teams of Thomson/Wynn and Cobb/Mylnikov are both 8-2 during the spring. The Red Raiders' recent doubles success has also been complemented by the recent pairing of Matheus Leite and Valiev who, in their first three starts, are 3-0.
LIVE STATS AND VIDEO:
Fans are encouraged to follow along with live video at the following link. Fans can also keep up with the action with live stats here.
UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders will travel to Orlando to take on Central Florida on Thursday, March 14th before heading to Houston to participate in the Rice Invitational, beginning March 22nd.
FOLLOW THE RED RAIDERS:
Visit www.TexasTech.com for the latest news and information on the Texas Tech men's tennis program. Fans are also encouraged to follow the program on its social media outlets at www.facebook.com/techmenstennis and @TexasTechMTEN on Twitter and Instagram.
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